Reviews by alleykatking:

A- Pours a amberish color a little darker on the edges when held to the light. One finger light tan head show's light retention before dying down. Some light spotty lacing on the sides of the glass.

S- Big time floral hops in the aroma. There is a light citrus aroma throughout the entire nose. Light apricot aroma comes and goes in hints. There is a bready caramel malt in the ending of this beer.

T- Piney hops kick in the front with a light apricot taste. The middle seems to be more apricot forward with a light hop and caramel malt kick to it. The malts come up in the backing of this in a big sweetness with the piney hops coming back in to counterbalance the sweetness.

M- Medium mouthfeel. Carbonation is good for the style. Hops and light apricot left on the palate with more malts and hops in the aftertaste. Alcohol is light drying on the palate. Flavors are balanced in the most extremes with this beer along with being crisp and clean tasting.

M- This beer was good and I would have a couple but a 4 pack is a little too much for me. I like this beer don't get me wrong but only a couple for me please.

More User Reviews:

Had this last night at Bukowski's. Very intersting stuff. Kind of like Magic Hat # 9, but doubled and with much more hops. It had a huge apricot and hop nose, very light & creamy on the palate, very falvourful and very drinkable. An IPA that meets a fruit beer. Hmm? I like it.

Tasted like a big fat Magic Hat #9 (Magic Hat Brewing, Vermont). IPA ? Huh? This is an experimental beer regardless of what the brewery says. An IPA with fruit added is experimental, flowing smoothness and almost reminiscent of some new Belgian upstarts that throw fruit and excessive hops into a delicate brew. Madness that I like.

The Pour:Not alot of head. Dissipated almost immediately. It just, sort of, beaded up in the middle.

The Look:Light ruby color. The head is white. Go figure, red beer and white head.There was minimal carbonation. Just a small stream coming from the bottom. Although, as the beer warms up, the carbonation does become more pronounced.

Aroma:It wasn't really what I was expecting. I don't smell any apricot. The aroma was very similar to the 60 minute IPA. Light malt, light hop, just light everything.The crystal malts were probably the most prominent aroma.

Taste:I was pleasantly surprised because there was no apricot/peachy flavors to speak of. Only an astringent peachy aftertaste. The Hops and Malt are definitely the prominent taste in this beer.The apricot definitely doesn't do anything for this beer. It's almost as if it was an unwanted accident. And DFH said, let's just go ahead and bottle this beer anyway.

Verdict:It's very astringent, it's not very hoppy. I can drink it without cringing (I guess). This is just... It's not that good. Definitely not as good as what they are charging for it. I would give this a 'C'.

I'm never gonna buy this again. I'm never gonna look for this. I'm gonna get through this glass but... It's nothing special. I'm definitely not going to waste my money buying another one of these.

I don't really care for the astringent aftertaste that the apricots provide. The plus is that it's NOT a fruit beer, as the name would suggest. But on the down side, It's certainly NOT an IPA either. I've had weak American Ales with more hop presence than this. The hops are VERY subdued. The DFH websites describes it as being... "continuously hopped with irresponsible amounts of amarillo hops."

Irresponsible? I don't think so. Maybe in the brewery, but it doesn't come through in the smell or taste.

Worth the Money:So based on all of that, is it worth the money?$2.99 per single bottle == .25 cents per oz$10.99 per 4 pack. == .23 cents per oz$9.99 per 1/2gal growler. == .16 cents per oz.

I don't believe in 4 packs. Especially not for a beer with such low quality (compared to the style it is classified under). If this were about $9 for a 6 pack, I can see myself paying that for this particular beer. But it's not worth more than that. And I am stretching here to find some positive aspects.

Most people like this beer. I don't know why. But you make your own decision. Maybe this beer's for you and maybe it isn't.

I really wanted to like this. Apricots are one of my favorite fruits, and IPAs make me happy. Why cant this bee good? It lacks any of the nuanced silkyness that an apricot has, and simply assaults your mouth with a silly sweetness, a dimensionless bitter, and a dirty after taste.

Poured out nice into a tall glass with good color. Little foam head that didn't stay long.Smell was good but didn't taste at all like it smelled.I bought this on recommendations but I'm sorry to say.Didn't like this beer couldn't even finish it.I will pass on it if I see it agin.

Pours a deep orange with a nice big fluffy head that leaves a nice amount of lace behind,aromas of sweet apricot and zesty,piney hop very nice mingling of aromas.Apricot notes hit the taste buds up front but a dry,piney hop presence makes it self known pretty quickly but once again stays well balanced with apricot flavor.I really like the concept and flavors of this beer and its dangerously drinkable at 7% I will get again for sure sometime.

Smell: nice blend of hoppiness with some malty sweetness. not too much apricot in the nose but fruity nonetheless.

Taste/Mouthfeel: again, malty up front followed by good hoppiness mid sip. the apricot fruitiness peeks out late in the sip and meshes together with the hop bitterness. a medium bodied beer with some richness to it. bitter on the finish but pleasant. apricot notes linger long afterwards although subtle.

Drinkability: the apricot here seems toned down making this, for the most part, an IPA. not sure if the combo is doing it for me. i'd rather have an IPA or an Apricot Wheat. having said that, it's an above average brew of solid quality.

Smell  The light, ripe apricots were intermixed with some sharp piney notes and a good, balancing malt base.

Taste  The toasted malts and complex hops (mostly pine and citrus) were evenly mixed and went well with the light apricot flavor. Theres also a small nutty character that adds to the natural apricot character.

Mouthfeel  This beefy Fruit Beer is a bit bigger than medium-bodied. It is very hoppy with a strong malt base infused with luscious apricots.

Drinkability  This is a great beer from a great brewery. The beer came across very strong and fibrous.

Lovely clear orange body with a thick, lasting, creamy, and luscious talcum head. Strong almost juniper like pine sap aroma. Apricot is light and subtle in the nose. Taste is quite neat. This beer manages to be extremely hoppy without being bitter in any way. The apricot is hardly noticeable for me. I almost dont consider this a fruit beer. Finish is acidic and spicy but hardly bitter. Could be a touch more dry. Overall I find this very reminiscent of a good English India Pale Ale.

Pours a deep and rustic copper color with some glaring ruby hints when held up to the light. Exceptional clarity, especially considering the relatively dark hue of the beer. A somewhat soapy looking, beige-tinted head is quick to settle to a skin no more than an eighth-inch high, not much lacing left behind on the glass. I really do love the color and clarity of this beer.

Too bad the aroma isn't as wonderful as the color. Sure, there's some apricot here. A little bit. Kind of a "sweet" apricot flavor. I'd like to open up and enjoy this fruity goodness a bit more, but unfortunately I keep getting distracted by the heavy weediness of the hop bill. Extremely grassy, weedy, and dirt-laden hop notes jump in and take away from the beauty of the apricots. The caramel malt is barely detectable in the finish - again, thanks to the overbearing and mildly unpleasant hop abrasion.

Fortunately the taste is a bit better and doesn't contain quite so much of that weed-like character (and I mean "weed" as in "garden weeds" not "dank nugs"). Apricot hits up front with a very small rush of tartness that quickly forms into a softer sweetness. Something goes a little awry during the transition, however, as the aftertaste contains a slightly medicinal and chalky vibe with the leftover apricot flavor - think similar to a chewed up Flintstones vitamin.

The hops are a little more leafy and vibrant as the beer warms up - anything to take away from the hops' first impression is a plus (well, except for maybe the chewed up vitamin flavors). Not too bitter considering it's an IPA, and the 7% ABV goes completely unnoticed, which is also a plus. Sweet malts account for much of the finish, as well as some of the fading, medicinal apricot. Thin-medium bodied with a hefty dose of carbonation giving a slick and somewhat crisp mouth feel.

I was expecting a little more from this, although in the past, I've been kind of let down by DFH's fruit-infused beers. Apricots must hard to pull off in beers of the "non-sour" variety, as many of them contain that same medicinal, chalky flavor in the finish. Surprisingly enough, that wasn't my biggest complain here. What was up with that dirty aroma? All in all, something I put down quite easily, but probably wouldn't have again.

A: Poured into a medium sized wine glass, this beer is a hearty copper color that carries a 1/2 inch khaki head. The head retention is quite good and the lacing starts frothy and thick on the sides of the glasses and becomes spindly as the foam creeps back into the glass.

S: Very intriguing. The aroma of uber-fresh apricots collides with a fairly tame hop profile to create a sweet, fruity, and slightly piney scent. I can also detect a pretty sweet and full malt bill that complements the namesakes of the beer. This is one of the freshest smelling brews to which I have put my nose.

T: There is a lot more earthy hop flavor than I expected after smelling so much sweetness in the nose. This is a pleasant surprise, I would say. The balance between the apricot and hop tastes is just about right. I was worried that this beer would be too fruity, but after an initial blast of sweet apricot, the hops become the dominant force in my mouth. This is appropriate and makes me happy.

M: Aprihop leaves a pretty thin feel on my palate, but I do like how the sweetness of the apricots and the bitterness of the hops collide and play on my tongue.

D: My brain is telling me that this would be a phenomenal summer IPA. The choice of fruit works quite well with the hop dosage of an IPA, and I will be having this again on a hot summer day. This is a crisp and refreshing American IPA.

T-M- Taste is much different than any other IPA I've ever tasted... First is a sweet apricot flavor also a tangy sweetness like sour patch kids.(candy) In the backbone is a slight hop bitterness that adds a tart but not a bad flavor. Rolls over the tongue like juice leaving mild carbonation to allow a good overall experience as flavors dance over the taste buds. (Note) As beer warms up malts are noticed.

D- A fruity spritzer of a beer. Not bad but not something I could drink a whole lot of. More of a fruit beer not ipa, but by all means worth a try.

A: Poured crystal clear, looking a lot like apple juice. There was a thin white soap-bubble head at the pour that very quickly diminished to a very thin layer of white bubbles at the edge of the glass. No lacing.

S: Fruity apricot aromas mixed with light malts makes for an intriguing first whiff. With some agitation and a deep inhale, you can also make out some sort of faint light hops.

T: Interesting. Apricot fruit flavors are prominent but with a complicated mix of malt overtones. There really isn't much of a sweetness to this despite the fruit, but rather a relatively dry experience. The finish is mostly clean with a dry linger of apricot.

M&D: Very light, almost water in texture but this isn't necessarily bad as it goes pretty well with the fruit. The carbonation is very light but seemed persistent throughout the experience. The first few pulls seem relatively smooth but it seems to gather on the tongue over the course of the drink. It's interesting, even tastes refreshing at first, but I really did get sort of tired of it quickly. Definitely worth a try as it isn't bad. But one was enough for me.